New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Thursday 28th July 2016

The builders have been really busy during the school holidays.

The roof is nearly finished and the the framing for our new offices are up.

 Office/reception

 Teachers workspace/staffroom

Break out rooms

Lift area

 The view from the top

 View from Westview Cres/ Weedons Ross Rd

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Thursday 30th June 2016

This week our principal Sue Jackson, was able  go on site and see up close the progress on the new build.
What a view the second floor will have!!

Can't wait to see what's new in Term 3!

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Thursday 23rd 2016

This week we have had the digger back in making trenches for the sewage system, and the internal floor beams are starting  to appear.

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Thursday 16th 2016

This week we have a few cranes on site maneuvering the internal 'A' frames, connecting them all to the main frames. 

Very exciting!

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Thursday 9th 2016

This week we have been watching our steel girders connecting together and becoming more of a building shape. Yay!!

The old school well

The old school well

You may have read in the first BoT newsletter about the discovery of the old school well, while clearing the ground for the new foundations.

We have been lucky enough to receive the photos from City Care Building Construction and BECA.

What an interesting find, but unfortunately we couldn't keep it. :-(

New Build - Term 2 Week 5 NEW Girders are here!

New Build - Term 2 Week 5  

NEW Girders are here!

It might have been bucketing down, but it didn't stop the boys in receiving our new girders.

Don't they look like a capital 'B'!!

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Tuesday 24th May 2016

WooHoo!! The last of the concrete has been laid.
Bring on the walls!!

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Thursday 19 May 2016

This week Finn and I watched the concrete truck laying down the first concrete pad.
I believe it is the new office space. Yay!!! 

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Wednesday 30 March 2016

This week we all watched as they maneuvered the Caretakers' and Sport sheds onto their new foundations. Pretty exciting for the kids!

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

This week the contractors are finishing laying the concrete slab for the Caretaker & Sport sheds at the end of the fields.

They have also been busy returning clean soil from the new build, to the far end of the field, so we can upgrade our BMX track.

An Archaeologist on site

An Archaeologist on site

While the diggers have been busy extracting all the old paths and concrete, we have had an archaeologist on site examining the earthworks.

As our school was established in 1871,  the original schoolmaster's house and outbuildings occupied the area now being cleared. Schools generally have a relatively small archaeological signatures and it is unlikely that any building remains exist. It is however possible that rubbish deposited by the school remains in situ on the site.

So far no news of anything exciting...

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

This week we watched the digger start on the removal of existing paving and concrete to make way for the new build.
Plenty of action for our Piwakawaka 2 learners!!